Jan August Kisielewski Explained

Jan August Kisielewski
Birth Date:8 February 1876
Birth Place:Rzeszow, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
Resting Place:Powązki Cemetery
Language:Polish
Alma Mater:Jagiellonian University
Movement:Young Poland
Relatives:Zygmunt Kisielewski

Jan August Kisielewski (8 February 1876 in Rzeszów – 29 January 1918 in Warsaw), was a Polish writer, essayist and playwright associated with the Young Poland literary movement at the turn of the century. He was the co-founder of a legendary literary cabaret Zielony Balonik in Kraków under the Austrian rule during the final years of the Partitions of Poland. Jan August Kisielewski was a brother of Zygmunt Kisielewski of the Polish Legions in World War I, also a writer.[1] [2] [3]

Plays by Jan August Kisielewski

Notes and References

  1. http://www.apz.org.pl/pokaz/op_14 The Little Green Balloon (Zielony Balonik).
  2. http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,1326.php Zielony Balonik.
  3. http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/os_kisielewski_jan_august Jan August Kisielewski at Magazyn Culture.pl